Everything you need to know about Tisha B'Av 2014.

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Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av) begins at sunset on Monday August 4, 2014 and continues until the following evening

What is Tisha B’Av?

Tisha B’Av is the major day of communal mourning.First and foremost Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both the first and second temples in Jerusalem (586 B.C.E, and 70 C.E respectively), but many other travesties have occured on the same date.

How is Tisha B’Av observed?

On Tisha B’av Eicha (the book of Lamentations) is read with a unique nusah, a special melody.

As a sign of mourning it is customary to fast, refrain from bathing, wearing leather shoes, and having sexual relations.

Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av) begins at sunset on Monday August 4, 2014 and continues until the following evening

What is Tisha B’Av?

Tisha B’Av is the major day of communal mourning.First and foremost Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both the first and second temples in Jerusalem (586 B.C.E, and 70 C.E respectively), but many other travesties have occured on the same date.

How is Tisha B’Av observed?

On Tisha B’av Eicha (the book of Lamentations) is read with a unique nusah, a special melody.

As a sign of mourning it is customary to fast, refrain from bathing, wearing leather shoes, and having sexual relations.

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